Easter Day is always the Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring
equinox on March 21, a date which is fixed in accordance with an ancient ecclesiastical
computation, and which does not always correspond to the astronomical equinox. This full
moon may happen on any date between March 21 and April 18 inclusive. If the full moon
falls on a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday following. But Easter Day cannot be earlier
than March 22 or later than April 25.

To find the date of Easter Day in any particular year, it is necessary to have two points of
reference--the Golden Number and the Sunday Letter for that year.

1. The Golden Number indicates the date of the full moon on or after the spring equinox of
March 21, according to a nineteen-year cycle. These Numbers are prefixed in the Calendar
to the days of the month from March 22 to April 19 inclusive. In the present Calendar they
are applicable from A.D. 1900 to A.D. 2099, after which they will change.

2. The Sunday Letter identifies the days of the year when Sundays occur. After every date in
the Calendar a letter appears--from A to g. Thus, if January 1 is a Sunday, the Sunday
Letter for the Year is A, and every date in the Calendar marked by A is a Sunday. If January
2 is a Sunday, then every date marked with b is a Sunday, and so on through the seven letters.

In Leap Years, however, the Sunday Letter changes on the first day of March. In such years,
when A is the Sunday Letter, this applies only to Sundays in January and February, and g is
the Sunday Letter for the rest of the year. Or if d is the Sunday Letter, then c is the Sunday
Letter on and after March 1.

To Find the Golden Number

The Golden Number of any year is calculated as follows: Take the number of the year, add
1, and then divide the sum by 19. The remainder, if any, is the Golden Number. If nothing
remains, then 19 is the Golden Number.

To Find the Sunday Letter

The following Table provides ready reference to the Sunday Letter of any year between A.D.
1900 and A.D. 2099. It will be found on the line of the hundredth year above the column
that contains the remaining digits of the year. But in Leap Years the Letter above the
number marked with an asterisk is the Sunday Letter for January and February, and the
Letter over the number not so marked is the Sunday Letter for the rest of the
year.

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Hundred
Years: 1900

g

f

e

d

c

b

A

2000

b

A

g

f

e

d

c

b

Years
in

00*

00

01

02

03

04*

04

05

Excess
of

06

07

08*

08

09

10

11

Hundreds

12*

12

13

14

15

16*

16

17

18

19

20*

20

21

22

23

24*

24

25

26

27

28*

28

29

30

31

32*

32

33

34

35

36*

36

37

38

39

40*

40

41

42

43

44*

44

45

46

47

48*

48

49

50

51

52*

52

53

54

55

56*

56

57

58

59

60*

60

61

62

63

64*

64

65

66

67

68*

68

69

70

71

72*

72

73

74

75

76*

76

77

78

79

80*

80

81

82

83

84*

84

85

86

87

88*

88

89

90

91

92*

92

93

94

95

96*

96

97

98

99

To Find Easter Day

When one has both the Golden Number and the Sunday Letter for any particular year, then
the date of Easter Day may be found in the Calendar, pages 21 and 22, as follows:

1. The Golden Number prefixed to a day in the month of March or April in the Calendar
marks the date of the full moon in that year.

2. Easter Day will be the next date bearing the Sunday Letter of that year. But when the
Golden Number of a given year and the Sunday Letter of that year occur on the same date,
then Easter day is one week later. (For example, if the Golden Number is 19--which
appears in the Calendar prefixed to March 27--and the Sunday Letter is d, then Easter Day
in that year will fall on March 29. If the Golden Number is 10 and the Sunday Letter is A,
then Easter Day will fall on April 9. But if the Golden Number is 19 and the Sunday Letter
is b, then Easter Day will be one week later, namely April 3.)

Tables 881

A Table to Find Easter Day

Golden

Number

Year

Easter Day

Year

Easter Day

Year

Easter Day

1

1900

April 15

1938

April 17

1976*

April 18

2

1901

April 7

1939

April 9

1977

April 10

3

1902

March 30

1940*

March 24

1978

March 26

4

1903

April 12

1941

April 13

1979

April 15

5

1904*

April 3

1942

April 5

1980*

April 6

6

1905

April 23

1943

April 25

1981

April 19

7

1906

April 15

1944*

April 9

1982

April 11

8

1907

March 31

1945

April 1

1983

April 3

9

1908*

April 19

1946

April 21

1984*

April 22

10

1909

April 11

1947

April 6

1985

April 7

11

1910

March 27

1948*

March 28

1986

March 30

12

1911

April 16

1949

April 17

1987

April 19

13

1912*

April 7

1950

April 9

1988*

April 3

14

1913

March 23

1951

March 25

1989

March 26

15

1914

April 12

1952*

April 13

1990

April 15

16

1915

April 4

1953

April 5

1991

March 31

17

1916*

April 23

1954

April 18

1992*

April 19

18

1917

April 8

1955

April 10

1993

April 11

19

1918

March 31

1956*

April 1

1994

April 3

1

1919

April 20

1957

April 21

1995

April 16

2

1920*

April 4

1958

April 6

1996*

April 7

3

1921

March 27

1959

March 29

1997

March 30

4

1922

April 16

1960*

April 17

1998

April 12

5

1923

April 1

1961

April 2

1999

April 4

6

1924*

April 20

1962

April 22

2000*

April 23

7

1925

April 12

1963

April 14

2001

April 15

8

1926

April 4

1964*

March 29

2002

March 31

9

1927

April 17

1965

April 18

2003

April 20

10

1928*

April 8

1966

April 10

2004*

April 11

11

1929

March 31

1967

March 26

2005

March 27

12

1930

April 20

1968*

April 14

2006

April 16

13

1931

April 5

1969

April 6

2007

April 8

14

1932*

March 27

1970

March 29

2008*

March 23

15

1933

April 16

1971

April 11

2009

April 12

16

1934

April 1

1972*

April 2

2010

April 4

17

1935

April 21

1973

April 22

2011

April 24

18

1936*

April 12

1974

April 14

2012*

April 8

19

1937

March 28

1975

March 30

2013

March 31

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A Table to Find Easter Day

Golden

Number

Year

Easter Day

Year

Easter Day

1

2014

April 20

2052*

April 21

2

2015

April 5

2053

April 6

3

2016*

March 27

2054

March 29

4

2017

April 16

2055

April 18

5

2018

April 1

2056*

April 2

6

2019

April 21

2057

April 22

7

2020*

April 12

2058

April 14

8

2021

April 4

2059

March 30

9

2022

April 17

2060*

April 18

10

2023

April 9

2061

April 10

11

2024*

March 31

2062

March 26

12

2025

April 20

2063

April 15

13

2026

April 5

2064*

April 6

14

2027

March 28

2065

March 29

15

2028*

April 16

2066

April 11

16

2029

April 1

2067

April 3

17

2030

April 21

2068*

April 22

18

2031

April 13

2069

April 14

19

2032*

March 28

2070

March 30

1

2033

April 17

2071

April 19

2

2034

April 9

2072*

April 10

3

2035

March 25

2073

March 26

4

2036*

April 13

2074

April 15

5

2037

April 5

2075

April 7

6

2038

April 25

2076*

April 19

7

2039

April 10

2077

April 11

8

2040*

April 1

2078

April 3

9

2041

April 21

2079

April 23

10

2042

April 6

2080*

April 7

11

2043

March 29

2081

March 30

12

2044*

April 17

2082

April 19

13

2045

April 9

2083

April 4

14

2046

March 25

2084*

March 26

15

2047

April 14

2085

April 15

16

2048*

April 5

2086

March 31

17

2049

April 18

2087

April 20

*The years
marked

18

2050

April 10

2088*

April 11

with
an asterisk

19

2051

April 2

2089

April 3

are
Leap Years.

Tables 883

A Table to Find Movable Feasts and Holy Days

Sundays

Numbered

Easter

after

Ash

Ascension

Proper of

Advent

Day

Epiphany*

WednesdayÜ

Day

Pentecost

2 Pentecostá

Sunday

March 22

4

Feb. 4

April 30

May 10

#3

November 29

March 23

4

Feb. 5

May 1

May 11

#3

November 30

March 24

4

Feb. 6

May 2

May 12

#3

December 1

March 25

5

Feb. 7

May 3

May 13

#3

December 2

March 26

5

Feb. 8

May 4

May 14

#3

December 3

March 27

5

Feb. 9

May 5

May 15

#4

November 27

March 28

5

Feb. 10

May 6

May 16

#4

November 28

March 29

5

Feb. 11

May 7

May 17

#4

November 29

March 30

5

Feb. 12

May 8

May 18

#4

November 30

March 31

5

Feb. 13

May 9

May 19

#4

December 1

April 1

6

Feb. 14

May 10

May 20

#4

December 2

April 2

6

Feb. 15

May 11

May 21

#4

December 3

April 3

6

Feb. 16

May 12

May 22

#5

November 27

April 4

6

Feb. 17

May 13

May 23

#5

November 28

April 5

6

Feb. 18

May 14

May 24

#5

November 29

April 6

6

Feb. 19

May 15

May 25

#5

November 30

April 7

6

Feb. 20

May 16

May 26

#5

December 1

*In Leap Years, the number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same as if Easter Day were one
day later than in the above Table.

†In Leap Years, the date of Ash Wednesday will be one day later in the month of February than in the
above Table.

&ddagger;Indicates the numbered Proper to be used on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday. Subsequently, the
Propers are used consecutively.

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Sundays

Numbered

Easter

after

Ash

Ascension

Proper of

Advent

Day

Epiphany*

WednesdayÜ

Day

Pentecost

2 Pentecostá

Sunday

April 8

7

Feb. 21

May 17

May 27

#5

December 2

April 9

7

Feb. 22

May 18

May 28

#5

December 3

April 10

7

Feb. 23

May 19

May 29

#6

November 27

April 11

7

Feb. 24

May 20

May 30

#6

November 28

April 12

7

Feb. 25

May 21

May 31

#6

November 29

April 13

7

Feb. 26

May 22

June 1

#6

November 30

April 14

7

Feb. 27

May 23

June 2

#6

December 1

April 15

8

Feb. 28

May 24

June 3

#6

December 2

April 16

8

March 1

May 25

June 4

#6

December 3

April 17

8

March 2

May 26

June 5

#7

November 27

April 18

8

March 3

May 27

June 6

#7

November 28

April 19

8

March 4

May 28

June 7

#7

November 29

April 20

8

March 5

May 29

June 8

#7

November 30

April 21

8

March 6

May 30

June 9

#7

December 1

April 22

9

March 7

May 31

June 10

#7

December 2

April 23

9

March 8

June 1

June 11

#7

December 3

April 24

9

March 9

June 2

June 12

#8

November 27

April 25

9

March 10

June 3

June 13

#8

November 28

*In Leap Years, the number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same as if Easter Day were one
day later than in the above Table.

†In Leap Years, the date of Ash Wednesday will be one day later in the month of February than in the
above Table.

&ddagger;Indicates the numbered Proper to be used on the Sunday after Trinity Sunday. Subsequently, the
Propers are used consecutively.